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11 entries from October 2015

October 30, 2015

Welcome back to all Galloway MCM runners, hope your experience was wonderful! Be sure to bring your medal for show and tell!!

Good luck to all NYC runners this weekend...it's still my favorite marathon! Good luck Sheila at the Halloween Half! Anyone else running an event somewhere this weekend? Let us know so you can get a shout-out.

October 29, 2015

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to Janet for keeping the home fires burning, and to MER for fanning the flames! Let's keep it going as we head toward our upcoming goals.

Good luck and happy travels to Melanie as she heads to New York City for the marathon. It seems moments ago we were getting in those long runs for Chicago, MCM and NY; and, now they're either over or here! Sheila, this weekend, will be heading to Ft Desoto to give them lessons in how it is done - run pretty Sheila! You know what that means: You will be left with me to greet the group, the entire group. No early rising for me, 5:50 in the parking lot. And if you're up for it, give a costume your best shot, it is Halloween day after all.......

Our MCM contingent did us proud. CONGRATULATIONS to Susan on her first (but not last) MCM and Mary Hall. ist I had the privilege of being able to stalk them through my favorite marathon thanks to Garmin LiveTrack and MCM's tracking. Lived it vicariously, and loved it all over again. And, WAY TO GO Jeff, setting a very nice PR for himself.

As you all know, Ron and I have been celebrating our 40th Anniversary (yes, it is a long time) first by hiking Yosemite, and then stopping in San Francisco for five days before heading home to our youngest grandson's 4th birthday; and, a beautiful big 40th anniversary celebration put on so beautifully by our son and daughter-in-law. It's been a month for the memory books extraordinaire. After our party Saturday night, our son, Jarrett, and Ron and I were waxing philosophic over time and distance and reasons for doing something or not. He said as he viewed the slide show they'd done for us, and looked at his own children, he felt a sense of urgency he'd never felt to connect with his friends and his family while everyone was here, healthy or not, convenient at the time or not, and to leave the excuses of why not behind and just go for it. HOORAY! Yes, go for it (whatever it is). You are not promised a single minute, why waste it. Ok. So this does not really apply to the rule of Mile 11.....there are some places for priorities. Prioritize so you can get it all in at some point.

See you at 5:50 a.m. Saturday morning. Have a great rest of the week. Looks like we're going to have a warmish one. Keep the hydration going, you'll still need it no matter what. REPLY ALL and let us know you're coming (or not) but I know you wouldn't miss it.

Happy Wednesday! Congrats to our MCM and Cocoa Beach Half runners! We’re all proud of you! Good luck to Melanie as she runs New York this weekend. There are a number of Halloween Half-marathoners that will be running this weekend as well at Ft. DeSoto. So that means Melanie and I will not be there this Saturday. Iris has been kind enough to cover us while we’re out. So if you’re not running a race this weekend and plan to show up, please be sure to coordinate with your pace group. If no one will be there from your group, you can always join another pace group and mingle with them. I'm sure they'll take you in with open arms. Just make sure you don’t run alone!

Here are the miles for this coming weekend. Five races have double digits: Space Coast Half, Florida Holiday Halfathon, Jeff Galloway 13.1, Miami Marathon & Donna Marathon. Also new training schedules for a couple of races start: A1A Half and Donna Half. If there is a race you want added to the email, please let us know. If you don't see it on here yet and you've told us, the training hasn't started yet. Hope you all have a Happy Halloween!

October 28, 2015

Happy Halloween (almost)! I'm back from my wonderful HS reunion and ready to knock out some big miles for the Space Coast Half. It is 12.5 miles so we need to get an early start - 5 a.m. Let me know your plans. Look forward to seeing you soon! Therese

October 23, 2015

First, we would like to send out a big good luck to those running the Marine Corps Marathon this weekend. We really hope you have a great race and enjoy the experience. For those of us who are in town, it is time to run in Temple Terrace. I know there are some people who need some really long miles and will be meeting up early. Make sure you REPLY ALL to your group leaders email so they know who to expect. Just a reminder about the Trot Thru the Terrace race that will take place on Saturday November 14th right along our normal running route. Tampa Galloway will be staffing the 2nd water stop along the 10K route. Our water stop will be on Brannockburn Avenue near Bregar. We need AT LEAST 4 volunteers to fill cups, pass out water, and pick up discarded cups. Any volunteers we can get above 4, will only make it MORE FUN! We can make signs and cheer on the runners....wearing our Galloway gear to show the race participants where the fun runners are! Please let Melanie or Sheila know if you are interested in volunteering.You would need to be there no later than 8am, and you would be done by about 9:30am. We will hope you will want to join in the fun and it will be great for us to give back to the running community.....and support a REALLY FANTASTIC race director!!!! We hope to see you all on Saturday. And as always, please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, complaints, suggestions, or good restaurants to recommend. Happy running! Melanie and Sheila

Apologies for missing last weeks run. I truly did oversleep and alcohol was not involved!

Preparing for 4 races within the next 5 weeks is taking a lot of energy...my mom was in the hospital for 4 days (she is fine) and I guess this old body just needed to sleep in. To make up for my slacker ways, I went out for 10.5 alone along Bayshore and the Riverwalk....it was beautiful but I missed all of you!

Who is running what this week? Long miles for anyone? I will not be out as I'm running the Cocoa Beach Half (in of all places Cocoa Beach--how creative of them!). Barbara Eden will be there so I'll try to get a pic....don't hold your breath on that though! Assuming I finish and get the jeannie bottle medal, I'll bring it next Sat.

Please reply all and let the rest of the group know your plans. Have fun and play nice!

Happy Wednesday, I can't believe it's here once again.. I'm having a rough week, but I look forward to forgetting it all and running my stress away with you all onto Saturday. I have at least 12 to do so some of us are meeting at 5. Then well be meeting up with the rest of the group at 5:50. Please rsvp all so we know who TO expect and when.

October 15, 2015

We hope you all enjoyed your Columbus Day weekend. (Weekend? What is that?)

Sorry I (Melanie) missed last Saturday's run. I have been having a CRAZY month at work.....and the nearly 70 hours I worked last week really drained me. I guess my body just needed the rest! I had a nice, relaxing day today....I only worked 10 hours! They really need to ease up on me though.....I have a marathon coming up in a couple weeks! No Hurricane is going to stop me this time....I WILL run...and finish... the NYC Marathon!!!

It looks like the weather may be starting to have a little mercy on us. I am DEFINITELY looking forward to a nice, relaxing Saturday morning run with great company! Who else will be there? Please REPLY ALL to your group leader's email so they will know who to expect.

Here are the miles for this coming weekend, Oct 17th. Good luck to the Detroit Half Marathoner’s!!! Have a safe trip and enjoy your race!!!

Double digit miles for Florida Halloween Halfathon, Space Coast Half, Space Coast Marathon, Disney Marathon, and Miami Marathon. Get with your pace group to coordinate your run so that no one runs alone!!! Just a friendly reminder…..Let’s all remember that we ALL need support for our long runs. When it’s your turn to run those LONG miles at O-Dark-Thirty, you’d want the support as well. I don’t think Tampa Gallowayers have that problem, but let us know if you "run" into any problems. (no pun intended). We want to make sure you’re reaching your training goals and not getting cheated! We’re all here to support one another. If there are any of you who are NOT receiving an email from a pace group leader, or if you would like to be added to the email list of another pace group, please let us know. We are always here if you have any questions, comments, concerns, suggestions, or really good puns.

Now....I am off to bed. I a 5:00am Orange Theory Workout with an instructor named Blaze! (Is it just me, or does that sound a little intimidating?)

October 13, 2015

I know it's only Tuesday but I'm getting fired up already about next weekend's walk. It is a long one for Space Coast (11 miles). Think we should start at 5 a.m to appreciate the celestial bodies on view at that time (ok, that was a corny joke). Anyway, let me know if you are in. The following weekend I will be gone to Jacksonville for my High School reunion so I hope to see as many of you as possible this week. Have a good week! Therese

October 07, 2015

Good morning! Hope everyone is well. It looks like Space Coast Half has 6 miles to do this weekend. Myakka has 11 so I am personally going to do 8. I am doing the Bucs 5K on Sunday, so I'll get all of my mileage in over the weekend. Let me know if you will be a happy participant. We will start at 5:50 since the mileage isn't too bad.